Packet-tying device.



PATBNTBD AUG. 4,1908..

T.JAGK-solvf. l PACKET TYING DBVIC?.

f 515% ffl 4 APPLICATION FILED 0CT.'3,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE iicKsoN, or SANDUSKY, oino, i'ssIcNoR 'ro nnNRYc. WAGNER, or nSANDUSKY, onio.

PACKET-'rms nnvic'n. .l l I i No.' 895,403.

- Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPacket-Tying Devices, of 4which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawm 1o y invention relates toimprovements in packet ties or holders and consists ofthe,

novel construction and the combination and .arran ement of partshereinafter described "andcaimed Y The object of the invention is toprovide a device of this character which will be simple, strong, durablewd inexpensive in construction and one which may be quickly and easilymanipulated to fasten or unfasten a packet 2o or the like.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature ci theinvention is better understood, are attained in the preferred embodimentillustrated in the drawings, in which' Figure 1 is e perspective view ofa package showing the same estened by my improved t g or holdin@ device;Fig. 2 is a erspective of the beselioard or plate; and il' ig. 3 is a loitudinal section through the device. lr y improved package tieni' holdercomv prises a base boerd'or plate 1 on which are `stvvo superposedclamping d'mks 2, 3, and a cord or similar iieirible element 4. The beseboard or late is here shown as of rectangular shape an is formed withtwo-apertures 5, 6

- -which arearrenged oposite the center of ad]acent rightangulariy'rhspesed edges oi the plate and are adapted to receive thecord ,40 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. :Byarrenging the apertures inthis manner and passing the c ord therethrough es' shown, it will beseen that the cord be slidebly attached to thev plate and that its endswill project from the plate in planes et right angles to each other sethat one may be passed around .the pack age orbundle in one directionand the other .around Rit in a direction et rieht angles. While said`apertures are preferablg arranged opposite the center of adjacent si eand end e ges of the rectangular la *e 1, it will be understood that thema e otherwise located and that when t e p ate is made of other thanrectangular shape said apertures will he arranged so that the ends ofthe cord can pro- Speceation of Letters Patent. appresso mea cacher s,ism. seran No. sewn.-

Patented Aug. 4, 190s..

' ect in planes at right angles to each other.

he two disks are secured centrally u on the bese plate andconcentrically with eac other by a rivet 7 having a flat circular head 8at' one end and a tubular shank at itsopposite end. This rivet alsoasses through a spacing Washer 9 arranged etween the two disks, aspacing Washer 10 arranged between the large lower disk and the baseplate and a washer 1L arranged upon the bottom faceof .6. the baseplate. rihe portion of the shankof the rivet rejecting through thewasher 11 is ex' ande or upset as shown at 12 to effectiveiy clamp theseveral parts of the device together. The superposed disks and baseplete may be constructed of heavy. card` card, metal or an other sheetmaterial that is resilient or ilerd le s o that the ends ofthe cord 4will be' effectively clamped when Wound around either of the Washers 9,10 and 75 between said disks and the base plate.

In using the' device the base. late is placed upon the center of oneside o' the packe 'e es shown in' Fig. 1 .and one end of the cord ispassed longitudinally around the package 8d and then Wound one or moretimes around the Washer 10 between' the lower, lar er disk and the beseplate, and the other en A of the cord is then passed around the ackagesidewise or transversely and wenn one or more times around the Washer 9between the tivo 'By arranging the cord in the bese i late so that bothof its ends pro`ect andcan e assed in planes substantie y' et right anges around the package and by providing the tivo superposed disks uponthe base late, one disk to receive one end of the cord eneeth it and theother disk to receive theother end of the same, it will be seen that oneend of the cord may be loosened or untied Without disturbingthe otherend and conse- -quently access may be had to olie side or end of thepackage without entire y removing the fastening-device. A further advantege of this construction 'is that the relative 100 length of the endsof the cord may be varied according to the relative length and Width oithe particular package `to e fastened b the device. This adjustment ofthe lengt 'of the ends of the cord is eiected by sliding 105 it throughthe a ertures 5, 6 in the roper direction when t e device is remove fromthe package. It will be further noted that the construction'o the deviceis exceeding simple so that it can be produced 'at a sm 11e arrangedopposite ad j acent side and end edges cost and enables the device to bequickly and l tween the lower disk and the base late, a earsilapplied orremoved. i fastening passed through said dis s, sai Having thusdescribed-my invention what washers and thebase plate and e. cord passed15 I claim is: through said apertures in the base plate and A packet tieor holder comprising a rechaving its ends projecting, substantially astangular base late formed with apertures l-and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof hereunto affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses. '20

CLARENCE L'. JACKSON.

of said plate, lsu'perposed disks arranfred centrally upon the piate andoonoentrically with each other, the upper disk being of less diemeterthan the lower one, a' spacing Washer between said disks, a spaingWasher be- "itnessesz WLA FANE Emmi' C. WAGNER.

